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Tehran is willing to restart atomic negotiations with Washington on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said solely negotiations was effective, and revealed recent overtures had come from intermediaries to reopen talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet allow the global atomic watchdog to visit struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Walking a Difficult Route

Araghchi is walking a complex route since Iran aims to avoid appear to be acting from a stance of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out stronger defensively and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Earlier Talks Unexpectedly Ended

The previous five rounds of talks between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that ended with the US president claiming the facilities had been destroyed. Following this, Western states exercised their right to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was settled an local partnership with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the talks that American atomic experts could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Diplomats asserted three times they had achieved a deal with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Status

Iranian officials declared the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be revived in various formats if negotiations reopen.

The US president in recent days claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but privately Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting clear proposals from America either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of inactivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Position

In his speech to the conference, aimed to depict the US as a controlling nation that misuses the notion of worldwide standards, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement revealed the dispute could not be resolved by armed force. He asserted the assaults commenced with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making trust challenging to rebuild.

Negotiations Stays the Primary Resolution

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had always tried to enforce their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be alive and stays the ultimate solution to resolve conflicts, but its standards, regulations and fundamentals must be followed."

"If they speak to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and respect, they will receive a answer in the identical approach."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister claimed he was certain Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We learned multiple understandings from this war; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He added: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to destroy, stays intact. The installations and machinery, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the will of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but did not succeed to destroy. The nation of Iran have grown more powerful, more integrated, and more supportive of the government and the state in the face of this invasion."